(Figs 1–2)
Benthobrookula argentina Zelaya, Absalão & Pimenta, 2006: 79 –80, fig. 4.
Holotype (MLP: 11977), not examined, SEM images available in Zelaya et al. (2006). Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia (54 ° 18 ’S 35 ° 30 ’W), 94 m (OD).
Material examined: Five specimens (ZSM Mol 20070902) from Antarctica, Bransfield Strait, St. PS 56 / 174 –01 (63 °01.10’S 61 °09.10’W to 63 °01.30’S 61 °08.60’W), 311–365 m, collected during the ANT XVII/ 3 (EASIZ III) expedition. One specimen (ZSM Mol 20020184) from Antarctica, Bransfield Strait, St. PS 56 / 149 –01 (62 °30.00’S 56 ° 55.80 ’W to 62 ° 30.10 ’S 56 ° 56.10 ’W), 909–911 m, collected during the ANT XVII/ 3 (EASIZ III) expedition, leg. Michael Schrödl.
Remarks: The new material considerably extends the geographic and bathymetric range of this species that formerly was known from its type locality only (Fig. 2).